NOTES AND REFERENCES
1. Original a pause, a stop for presenting a new idea. These are the subsections through which the introduction has been developed into a systematic
whole.
2. Surah YasTn, XXXVI: 71-73.
3. Surah Al-Zukhruf, XLIII: 13.
4. Surah Fussilat, XLI: 53.
5. Surah Al-Mulk, LXVII: 3-4.
6. Surah Yusuf, XII: 105.
7. Surah Al-Isra{, XVII: 36.
8. Surah Yunus, X: 43.
9. Surah Yunus, X: 42.
10. Sw-ah Al-A(raf, VII: 189.
11. Surah Al-Rum, XXX: 21.
12. Surah Al-Hijr, XV: 19.
13. Surah Al-Baqr, II: 180.
14. Surah Al-Qdam^ LXVIII: 12.
15. Surah Al-(Adiyat, C: 8.
16. Surah Al-Hadld, LVII: 20.
17. Surah Ali <lmranL III: 14.
18. Surah Al-Tawubah, IX: 34.
19. 'Isam was a chamberlain of Nu'man bin Mundhir. He was of low extration but
was possessed of high merit. An 'izami, on the other hand, is one who basks in
the fame of his ancestors. That is, to be great on one's own excellence.
20. Surah Al-Takathur, CII: 1-2.
21. Surah Al-Baqarah, II: 264.
